"We’re not waiting until those fires are over to start helping the victims. We’re getting them help right now, as you all know. People impacted by these fires are going to receive a one-time payment of $770, one-time payment, so they quickly purchase things like water, baby formula and prescriptions"

Sounds like it's supposed to be a temporary stopgap while they work on a more long term solution. But fat chance of that long term solution happening with less than a week till jan 20.